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Students of seven colleges have given a four-hour ultimatum for the resignation of Dhaka University (DU) Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamun Ahmed and the implementation of five more demands.
The students made these demands at a press conference at the Dhaka College campus today (27 January). Eden College student Sumaiya Akter read out a written statement detailing the demands at the briefing.
The students demanded the ending of academic and administrative ties between DU and the seven affiliated colleges and an announcement of establishing a separate university for them within the next 24 hours.
The six demands also include an apology from DU authorities and punishment of policemen involved in last night's incident. Students from the seven colleges last night (26 January) planned road blockades in front of their respective colleges from 9am today (27 January).
As of filing this report, students of Bangla College in the capital's Mirpur have already started their road blockade. Meanwhile, police were seen on high alert in the Nilkhet area.
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